Int 1282-2018
Voter assistance advisory committee providing poll site interpreters in all designated citywide languages.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2018-11-28
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2018-11-28Passed: 2021-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the Voter Assistance Advisory Committee to provide interpreters at poll sites in the designated citywide languages, where appropriate.
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.
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Sponsors (10)
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-11-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-11-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-04-30 · Committee on Governmental Operations
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-04-30 · Committee on Governmental Operations
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2021-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (2)
Committee on Governmental Operations · 2019-04-30 · 10:00 AM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 16th Fl.
City Council · 2018-11-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (8)
- Summary of Int. No. 1282
- Int. No. 1282
- November 28, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-28-2018
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 28, 2018
- Committee Report 4/30/19
- Hearing Testimony 4/30/19
- Hearing Transcript 4/30/19
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 1054 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
d. The committee shall provide interpreters for all designated citywide languages pursuant to section 23-1101 of the administrative code, excluding those languages for which the board of elections in the city of New York provide interpreters, to all poll sites which contain an election district with 50 or more voting age residents with limited English proficiency based on United States census data, or american community survey data, whose primary language is one of such designated citywide languages. Such data shall be reviewed every two years, beginning on January 1, 2020. To the extent permissible under state law, such interpreters shall be made available to the public within such poll sites, provided that where it is not permissible then such interpreters shall be made available to the public within a legally permissible distance of such poll site.
� 2. This local law takes effect six months after becoming law.
TCJ/BJR
LS # 3320, 4332
9/26/18
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